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Originally Posted by ottopilot
Except for tonight, the president rarely mentions, even in passing, anything that would indicate that the USA is involved in military action. In the political shell game, the diversions have served their masters well. Since the new administration, the focus on anything regarding Iraq, Afghanistan, etc. have been all but intentionally swept under the rug.
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Don't you read the news?
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Originally Posted by Marvelous Marv
]Don't look now, but a brown president just sent white soldiers to kill brown ones. Must be a racist.
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Smokescreen'd!
[With apologies to Plan9]
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Originally Posted by Marvelous Marv
Perhaps you could pass that on to our warmonger president. [...] Which is why it took the messiah so many months (and lives) to get off the pot and make a decision about Afghanistan.
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Which is it? Warmonger? Sitting on his laurels? Messiah?
Why are you in this thread?
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